Water Well Installation

Installing a new well water system ranges from 1 775 to 30 000 or more depending on the options you choose to power your well pump and the depth and diameter of the well.

Water well installation.

Water well costs new system installation. The range of 1 500 to 12 000 makes more sense once you break it into its components. Before you start to install a shallow well pump cover the well to keep foreign objects from getting into the well where they could contaminate the water or damage the system. Drilling is the most expensive part followed by the cost of the pump.

If it isn t producing enough remove the pump reattach the cap and drive it in a bit further. Drilling is only the beginning. It all depends on your underlying geology. You also must consider everything that comes after the hole.

I went with a conventional well drilling because of the thick limestone. Install the shallow well pump according to manufacturer s directions. Connect a pump to the well and see how much water you can get out of it. At first your well water will be muddy but it shouldn t take long for it to produce clear clean water.

Be sure all pipe joints in the suction pipe are airtight and watertight. Be sure to connect a check valve below the pump to prevent the. A modern water well is an expertly engineered and constructed method of delivering groundwater for drinking irrigation and other purposes.